Pres Trump seems to have taken the United States from an avid supporter of the world order and rules it created as a result of WWII to a "might makes right" states of affairs.

Effectively, tossing away eight decades of international order, not a perfect international order, but one that has lead to discussion rather than war.

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... It found global heating accelerated from a steady rate of less than 0.2C per decade between 1970 and 2015 to about 0.35C per decade over the past 10 years. The rate is higher than scientists have seen since they started systematically taking the Earth's temperature in 1880.

"If the warming rate of the past 10 years continues, it would lead to a long-term exceedance of the 1.5C (2.7F) limit of the Paris agreement before 2030," said Stefan Rahmstorf, a scientist at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and co-author of the study.

Extreme heat in recent years has been pushed higher by natural fluctuations -- such as solar cycles, volcanic eruptions, and the weather pattern El Nio -- that have led scientists to question whether startling temperature readings are outliers or the result of an increase in global heating. ...

#40 ... Sergio Mendes & Brasil'66 ...

What ever happened to them?

I remember ...

@#37 ... James Gang. Take A Look Around. ...

Yeah.

@#12 ... Lmao you people are idiots. ...

Why?

Because I post a news article that shows what has occurred?

Would your current trolling alias prefer if I did not post such articles that give it the opportunity to criticize and demean what I post?

Why am I an idiot for posting #5?

@#5 ... never had the mumps ...

I had the mumps when I was in my late 20's.

When I received my childhood vaccines, mumps was not yet included.

So, in my late 20's I got the mumps from a neighborhood kid when I attended heir family BBQ.

Fortunately, my testes remained good during that episode. I was fortunate.

But wow, having to call in sick for work because, "I have the mumps."

I will say, that was an interesting conversation I had with my manager.

I distinctly remember his closing comment of the conversation ... stay home. We don't want what you have. So just stay home, you will be paid. Just stay home until you have recovered.

@#9 ... C'mon man get Real. ...

Look in the mirror.

Jus' sayin'

:)

@#8 ... A phobia is an irrational fear. ...

What is the phobia?

Please explain.

thx.

@#33 ... Country Dick Montana ...

imo, he's an interesting one ...

@#31 ... James Gang ...

Yeah, joe walsh before he became JOE WALSH! I have their vinyl. Among the first vinyl I have digitized.

That aside, a fave tune of the James Gang for me is ...

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... Until 1970, the US dumped an estimated 17,000 tons of unspent chemical weapons from World War I and II off the coast of the Atlantic Ocean -- and that disposal decision continues to haunt commercial fishing operations.

In an article published this week in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, health officials from New Jersey and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that there were at least three incidents of commercial fishing crews dredging up dangerous chemical warfare munitions (CWMs) off the coast of New Jersey between 2016 and 2023. ...

@#25 ... Really loud.
Wishbone Ash. ...

A little less loud, and a fave of mine ...

@#18 ... The guy said, "My father told me growing up there was no one better at rock, blues, and bluegrass." ...

Yeah, that's why I posted also the original album version of Summer Wages in #8.

And i will note that as a resident of the NYC media area, I had come to know Mr Bromberg's talents quite well.

imo, he was a star in the area.

@#13 ... If you can keep up with this one, you pass the cognitive exam. ...

Ditto ...

One of my fav tunes ...

@#14 ... Saw Bromberg a few times ...

I attended his concert at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center (upstate NY) in 1974.

This one ...

@#3 ... I don't care about polling. I have to do the right thing. ...

What might Pres Trump consider "the right thing" to be?

@#5 ... Detainees struggle to obtain medication and health care, as well as sufficient food, many losing weight from malnutrition ...

Pres Trump apparently sees this level of abuse as ~a good thing.~

Why did SCOTUS seem to grant Pres Trump the authority to torture people?

@#4 ... After all these instances, it should be considered the default. ...

As shown by videos.

Is Pres Trump hoping for imaginary castles in the air?

@#7

Also, this refund fiasco just seems to be yet another self-induced fiasco of Pres Trump.

He seems to have gone forward with no planning. Again.

@#7

But... but... but...

That would speed up how quickly the refunds would be processed.

Pres Trump apparently cannot have that level of efficiency.

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... But the city is now taking a gentler approach. A new system that went online in September includes alarms that start softer before gradually increasing in volume, while a computerized voice calmly announces the information the firefighters need to know about the incoming emergency.

"It's much easier on your nervous system," Lunnie said.

Danbury, a city of around 87,000 people in southwestern Connecticut, is using the new alerts in its five fire stations, joining thousands of other departments around the U.S. and world aiming to both reduce stress and improve response times. ...

A less alarming alarm

On a recent weekday, a call came into Danbury's main fire station and the alert began with a single, soft tone. "Truck 1," said the automated female voice. "Respond to sick person," it said, giving the patient's address.

Around the firehouse, warm, red lighting flashed while monitors displayed the nature and location of the emergency. A timer display began to count down from two minutes, with the goal of firefighters leaving the station before the time ran out.

It's both calmer and clearer than the old system, which began with full-volume single tones followed by cacophony of longer ones that fluctuated between high and low pitches.

Dispatchers would previously announce the calls over the station speaker system, which firefighters said could be static-y and hard to understand. ...